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September 2005 ContentsGubernatorial Candidates Discuss Higher Education Policy at TCNJ
Alumna’s Gift Establishes Travel Fund Named for Trenton Matriarch Mary G. Roebling
TCNJ Stands TALL for Local School Districts
TCNJ Receives $3.3 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Education
TCNJ Makes Princeton Review’s Best Colleges List Students, Faculty Collaborate on Summer Research Sen. Corzine Discusses Education Policy During Campus Visit In Brief"In Brief" contains news and announcements submitted by members of the campus community or compiled by the Office of College and Community Relations. If you would like to submit news for consideration, please send it to update1@tcnj.edu or call extension 2368 by the third Friday of the month in which you would like it to appear. |
On September 19, The College of New Jersey hosted students, college presidents, and trustees from institutions across the state, along with New Jersey gubernatorial candidates Doug Forrester and Senator Jon Corzine, at a Gubernatorial Candidates’ Forum on Higher Education.
With a gift of $100,000, Gale Wayman ’70 recently established the Mary G. Roebling International Travel Fund at the College. The fund will provide financial assistance to high-achieving students enrolled in the School of Culture and Society.
Teachers as Leaders and Learners (TALL), a partnership between The College of New Jersey and the Trenton School District, hosted the Summer Science Institute at the College’s Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology from August 23 through August 26.
In partnership with the New Jersey Department of Education and the Ewing, Trenton, Pemberton, and Vineland Public Schools, The College of New Jersey received a grant in the amount of $3.3 million, funded by the United States Department of Education. Sharon Sherman, professor of elementary and early childhood education, and Cathy Liebars, professor of mathematics and statistics, are the College’s principal investigators. 
This month, The College of New Jersey ranked 6th on The Princeton Review’s “Happiest Students” list, edging out the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (#8), Princeton University (#16), and Yale University (#18), among others. 
Students and faculty from the School of Science participated in an eight week research program, called the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, this past summer. Almost 40 sophomore, junior, and senior students worked with faculty members on various projects in biology, chemistry, computer science and physics. Small student research groups had the benefit of working alongside the faculty members, which, according to interim dean of the School of Science Deborah Knox, is an experience typically enjoyed only by graduate students. 
On September 8, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Senator Jon Corzine made a special appearance on campus to discuss his plans to improve the quality of the K-through-12 educational experience for New Jersey students. “Leaving no child behind is not enough,” he told a capacity crowd in Forcina Hall. “We need to make sure every child can get ahead.” 